Film pack



- Dec. 15, 1931. I D W OD 1,836,699

FILM PACK Fild Nov. 29, 1950 Patented Dec. 15, 1931 DONALD L. woon, or nocmis'mn,

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NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB '1'0 EASTMAN monax m NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK FILM PACK Application filed November 28, 1880. Serial Io. 488,994.

This invention relates to photogra hic film packs and more particularly to a fi lm pack containing a film with a small number of ex ure areas successively occurring on the m and drawn through the pack by a single leader.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a film pack for a small number of exposures and of simple inexpensive construction.

Another object of the invention is to provide a film ack with a single strip of opa ue material a apted to draw a continuous fi m strip across t e exposure aperture of the film ac p A'further object of the invention is the provision of conductin means or a plurality of rollers within the lm pack whereby the loading strip material is caused to take a devious path through the film pack.

Other objects of the parent to those skilled in the photographic art as the descrigzion of the film pack is deingt r1 Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the leader which is made of opaque material and which contains various legends, and

e preferred form of loading strip mate- Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the.

loadin stri material s form t ereo Referring to the drawings, of the invention comprises a a to 4.

casin or camera side 1, a back 2, si es 3 an e camera side 1 of the casing is provision of light locks 6 invention will be apleader 12 by means film pack taken on a line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showowing .a modified l film strip 13 to comprise a second or outer the film pack havin vided with an exposure aperture 5, and strips 6 of light locking material, such as plush, or other suitable material are positioned on the inner side of the casing adjacent exposure aperture 5. A slot through which the op ue strip may be moved is provided in odd 3 and provided with a light lock 7 also made of any suitable light locking material. The proand 7 does not constitute any part of the invention, and the materials used may be any of those which are already known to function satisfactorily.

Conducting means which comprise the plurality of rollers 8, 9, and 10 are rotatably positioned within the casing in any suitable manner. The rollers 8 and 9 form a pair and are located near the camera side 1 of the casing so that any strip material which extends over rollers 8 and 9 will be conducted past the exposure aperture 5. The roller 10 is located in the lower part of the film pack subjacent to roller 8 and is adjacent end 4 of the casing opposite the end of the casing containing the light lock 7.

A presser plate 11 is mounted in the casing opposite the exposure aperture 5 and is constructed in a known manner to resiliently abut the light lock strips 6.

The preferred form'of loading strip material comprises a continuous portion of opaque strip material including a leader 12, a backing of exposure areas is fastened at one end to of a paster 14 and at the other end with some slack to closure strip 16 by means of a paster 15.

Thisloading strip material is placed about the rollers 8, 9 and 10 in the following manner; the closure strip 16 forms the first layer.

over roller 8 and the backing strip 21 and coextensive film strip 13 form the first layer over roller 9 and an outer layer over roller 8, being adjacent to closure strip 16. The eader 12 extends from the forward end of layer about roller 9 and a sin le layer about roller 10 through the light loci 7. 7

Upon extraction of the leader 12, the aforementioned position of the various strips is strip 21 and a closure strip 16. A continuous film strip 13 having a plurality 5 strip 13 and backing strip 21. After com plete exposure of tlic film strip 13 it is contained in the film pack beyond the exposure aperture 5, around roller 9, around roller 10 and inside of light lock 7. The length of 7 10 the path just described obviously limits the len th of continuous film strip material which can be used.

' i A modified form of loading strip material is shown in Fig. 4 and comprises the leader 12, a continuous film strip attached thereto by means of a paster 14; and a. closure strip 16 attached to the other end of the continuous film strip 13 by means of a paster 15, the only difierence with respect to the preferred 20 form of loading material being that backing strip 21 is omitted. The length of film strip 13 with such composition of the'loading strip material is now limited by the length of a single loop around the rollers 8 and 9 to prevent the occurrence of a double layer of bare film strip in front of exposure aperture 5 with consequent double exposure. The position of the loading strip material within the back is quite similar to that described with respect to the preferred form of loading strip material in Fig. 2; i. e., the closure strip 16 and film strip 13 form a double layer over roller 8, film strip 13 and leader 12 form a double layer over roller 9-and leader 12 is in a single layer around roller 10 through light lock 7. V

The above described position of the loading strip material before loading is altered, of course, by extraction of the leader 12 as described with respect to the preferred form .of loading strip material and the exposed film strip 13 is'supported in the film pack between one side of exposure aperture ,5, around roller 9, around roller 10 and before light lock 7.

In either form of the loading strip material the leader 12 has a portion 17 with a semi-circular end containing desired direcare formed when the leader 12 is torn offacross the light lock 7, thus providing individual tabs for the further extraction of the leader 12 after each exposure. FOHOW'.

e5 ing the series of graduafiws is a Strip 9f tions and legends. The leader 12 is divided opaque material having the legend Exposed which will appear outside of the light lock when the closure strip 16 covers the exposureaperture 5. The leader 12 may now be torn ofi even with the light lock and the continuous film strip is'contained within the film pack without danger of becoming fogged or light struck. q 1

Whether the film pack is loaded with the strip material according to Fig. 2 or with the stri material according to Fig. 4, the o erat on of the film pack is the same as will e gislcribed hereinafter: After afiixation of the drawn through the light lock and torn off along the graduation 18 which is designated pack to the camera, the portion 17 is by arabic numeral 1 and the camera is ready T for the first exposure. The first exposure area of the film strip 13 now registers with the exposure aperture 5. After the successive exposures the leader 12 is extracted farther from the film. pack and torn 01f along the light lock 7, leaving the tab 20 protruding from the light lock after each tearing. After all the exposure areas of the film strip 13 have been exposed, the leader 12 is drawn through the light lock 7 until the legend Exposed appears. In this position of the loading strip material, the closure strip 16 registers with the exposure area completely covering the same so that the film pack may be removed from the camera. The presser plate 11 at all times presses the double or single layer of loading strip material against the strips 6 to provide a light tight joint between the leader 12, film strip 13 or closure strip 16.

Many modifications and variations may be made in the film pack of the invention with out departing from the scope thereof, and thi disclosure is to be considered as illustrative, limited only by the following claims.

Having now particularly described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A photographic film pack comprising a casing provided with an exposure aperture, conducting means in said-casing, a continuous film strip for a plurality of exposures and opaque strip material, both conducted in a devious path through said film pack by said conducting means.

2. A photographic film pack comprising a casing provided with an exposure aperture, a plurality of rollers in said casing, a continuous film strip having a plurality of exposure areasand opaque strip material both conducted in a devious path over said rollers through the film pack.

3. A photographic filmrpack comprising a casing provided with an exposure aperture, a continuous film strip having a plurality of exposure areas, opaque strip material attached to said continuous film strip, a pa r of rollers rotatably mounted in said casing conducting said continuous film strip and said opaque strip material adjacent sald exrality of exposure areas and opaque strip rality of thicknesses and c are con material fastened to said film strip, a plua single thickness of said film strip and said opa ue strip material passing over said pair 0 rollers and said single roller, respectively, whereby said film str1 and said 0 aque strip materials (l iicted through the film pack in a devious path. I 5. A photographic film pack comprising a casing having oneend rovided Jvith a transverse slot and one sid an exposure aperture, a roller in one end of said casing adjacent said slot, two rollers positioned one above the other in the other end of thecasing, a continuous film strip having'a plurality of exposure areas and opaque-strip material fastened to said film and extending across said exposure aperture, around the first mentioned roller, around'the lower of the two rollers and hrough said transverse slot.

6. A photographic film pack comprising a casing having one and provided with a transverse slot and one side provided with an exposure aperture, a roller in one end of said casing adjacent said slot, two rollers positioned one above the other in the other end of the casing, a continuous film strip having a plurality of exposure areas and forming a loop above the rollers adjacent the apertured side of said casing, ard opaque strip material fastened to said film strip and extending across, said exposure aperture around the first mentioned roller, around the lower of the two rollers and through the transverse slot.

7 A photographic film pack comprising a casing rovided with an exposure aperture, a light ockin one end of said casing, a. pair of rollers each of which is rotatably mounted in said casing adjacent the ends thereof, a single roller rotatably mounted in the'end of $111 ng opaque; strip material and a continuous plurality of exposures mounted thereon, said loading strip material being in a double layer over each of the rollers of said pair, over said single roller and through said light lock.

8. A photographic film pack comprising the rollers of said e provided with casing opposite said light lock, and loading strip material inclu 1 a casin ture, ar fg t lock in one end 0 said casing, a pair '0 rollers each of which is rotatabl mounted in said casing adjacent the en s thereof, a single roller ro'tatably mounted in the end of said casing opposite said li ht lock, and loading strip material including opaque strip material and a continuous film strip for a plurality of exposures mounted.

thereon to form a leader and a closure strip of opaque strip material beyond each end of said film strip, said loading stri material being in adouble layer over eac of the rollers 0 said pair, in a single layer over said single roller passing through said light lock, said closure strip covering said ex 0- sure aperture after the passage of the 1m strip thereby.

9. In a photographic film pack, in combination, a casing provided with an exposure aperture, a li ht lock in one end of said casing, a pair 0 rollers eachof which is rotatab mounted in said casing adjacent the en s thereof, a sin le roller rotatably mounted in the end 0? said casing opposite said light look, a presser plate resiliently covering said exposure aperture and loading strip material includin opaque strip material and a continuous fifm strip for a plurality of exposures mounted thereon, said loading strip material being in a double layer over each of the rollers of said pair and between said exposure aperture and said presser plate, and in a single layer over said single roller through said light lock.

10. In a photographic film pack, in combination, a casing provided with an exposure aperture, a light lock in one end of said casing, a' pair of rollers each of which is r0- tat-abl mounted in said casing adjacent the ends thereof, a single roller rotatably mounted in the end of said casing opposite said light lock, loading strip material including opaque strip material and a continuous film strip for a plurality of exposures mounted on said opaque strip material in spaced relation to one end thereof to form a leader, and graduations at intervals thereon to register with said light lock and indicate corresponding positions of the film strip before the exposure a rture.

Signe at Rochester, N. Y., this 21st day of November; 1930.

DONALD L. WOOD.

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